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How secure is your Organization?

This article contains some on the benefits of Microsoft security assessment tools  Michael Cobb CISSP-ISSAP highlighted in his article “How Microsoft security assessment tools can benefit your enterprise”.

Today I will be sharing the need for security assessment in your organization.As we all know most organizations don’t act on security threat until it is too late.

Security is a never-ending task, hence there is a need for assessment, using the free Microsoft Security Assessment Tool, you can measure the effectiveness of your current policies.

In Michael words “Microsoft’s free Security assessment tool is designed to help organizations assess weaknesses in their IT security environment as well provide guidance to strengthen areas identified during the assessment where risk and defenses are not aligned.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Microsoft Security Assessment Tool (MAST) covers these categories with the following sample questions:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Basic Information

• How many clients and servers are in your organization?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Applications Security

• Does your company develop applications?
• Does it store sensitive data processed by your applications?

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Infrastructure Security

• Do your employees work remotely?
• Do external contractors access your network?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Operations Security

• Does your corporate network connect to external networks?
• Does your organization receive data feeds from external parties?

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Environment

• How many employees are in your organization?
• Is there high turnover in your IT department?

[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]People Security

• Does your company outsource computer maintenance?
• Do you let employees download sensitive company data to their workstations?

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1688″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In conclusion, Microsoft security assessment tool provides recommendations and tailored guidance for managing security risk.

However, the recommendation and guidance provided is visible upon completion of the assessment and it aligned to the risk that have been identified for your existing business model.

MSAT recommendations are intended to help move your business security policies, process, technology and controls towards industry standard best practices.

Download the Free Microsoft Security Assessment Tool here

Resources:

Lance Whitney – The Microsoft Security Assessment Tool

https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/answer/How-Microsoft-security-assessment-tools-can-benefit-your-enterprise

https://www.computerweekly.com/tip/Microsoft-security-tools-MBSA-and-MSAT-explained[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]